(11-29-2016 09:22 AM)wunderdog Wrote: (11-29-2016 08:11 AM)Rockville Duke Wrote: That's exactly how they are spinning it on the liberty boards. Give him a second chance. Many are just straight out saying good hire and speculating when art briles becomes the fb coach.
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What have you been drinking? Don't see much positive spin at all on our boards. Seems that the majority of us aren't pleased with the hire, much in the same way we aren't pleased with the actions of the chancellor.
Thanks for doing the research before accusing me of being impaired. I just re-looked at one board and found this:
By Class of 20Something - November 28th, 2016, 3:51 pm
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Liberty must think he didn't have a close hand in the allegations at Baylor. It is a huge splash for sure. Being only two years removed from AD of the year is promising for LU Athletics.
By ballcoach15 - November 28th, 2016, 4:11 pm
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Excellent choice.
Not surprising, in that LU and Baylor have had some dealings recently. We play Baylor in football next season. Played them in softball last season. Softball staff visited Baylor prior to design of new stadium, to get ideas.
By TH Spangler - November 28th, 2016, 5:42 pm
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Hope he's deeply involved with our Williams Stadium expansion. McLane is the pretties 45,000 seat stadium in the country. Made for TV.
By Equinox - November 28th, 2016, 7:51 pm
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Next seasons football game against Baylor is gonna be real interesting commentary. I guess Art Briles is waiting for Jr. to call him for a “consultant” positon to help our passing game. #FBS or bust!!!
By prototype - November 29th, 2016, 1:36 am
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No wonder Liberty wanted to take their name off this site. It's not Jerry, Jr or this new AD that is giving Liberty a bad name - it's all of you judgmental hypocrites. Many on the board act like you know these guys personally and clearly know every situation in their lives to defame, slander and ridicule them, when most have never even had a single conversation with either. I get it - you don't agree with everything Jerry, Jr. does... You all have been personally burned by Jerry, Jr. and Mr. McCaw... Truth is - you have chosen to jump on board with what the Media is telling you, what you have heard happened, or maybe had some situation where Jerry fired you and it feels better to believe that it was personal and not just a business decision.
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Jerry, Jr. – You are doing a great job. I know your job stinks many days, but I will continue to pray that God will guide you in all your decisions. And welcome aboard Mr. McCaw – I look forward to seeing how you can build upon the great foundation that Jeff Barber has left you. Hopefully you can help pull our fan base together and help us reach that goal that Jerry, Sr. set many years ago.
ballcoach15 - November 29th, 2016, 9:13 am
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If Jerry jr. hired Nick Saban away from Alabama to come to LU, some people would complain. In my opinion within the past 16 years that I have been following LU closely, only one bad hire has been made, and that was in Men's basketball .
R i - November 29th, 2016, 9:57 am
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Ian has more experience than anyone alive , about how to navigate and handle allegations against college athletes at a Christian University. If we believe he is a man of character, then we have to agree that he has likely learned from his mistakes, and he is the perfect fit for our University. Considering we have a conduct policy and have a Christian Mission, and want to be a top tier athletic program in the country.
Cautiously optimistic that Mr McCaw will lead this athletics program to a great place, while not repeating the same mistakes he made at Baylor.
Purple Haize - November 29th, 2016, 10:09 am
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He raised a pant ton of money.
A Sea of Red - November 29th, 2016, 11:57 am
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The Heat: Maybe McCaw is the man for the job
The majority of posts are anti-McCaw and many are amazingly anti-JFJr. I posted this last night after the news came out and the anti-McCaw crowd had not come to the front yet.
I will rescind my use of the word "many" if that offends you and replace with "some" or "a vocal minority". I'm sorry to offend you, but that is no reason to throw unneeded disparagement around. I think we can all agree that this hire was not the best choice. However, there are definitely some Liberty fans who support and even applaud the hire.